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Built
as L649-79-21 for TWA (to become NC86552) but order cancelled and completed
as L-749-79-35 for Air India.
|
| 13FEB48 |
Accepted
by Air India as "Rajput Princess". Export CofA No E-14770 issued same day.
|
| 17FEB48 |
Registered
VT-CQR to Air India. CofR No 1131.
|
| 26MAR48 |
Arrived
in Bombay on delivery.
|
| 22JUN48 |
Entered
service.
|
| 30DEC49 |
Sold to
Qantas.
|
| 11JAN50 |
Departed
Bombay on delivery to Australia. Capt R.J. Ritchie.
|
| 17JAN50 |
Arrived
in Sydney.
|
| 18JAN50 |
Registered
to Qantas Empire Airways as VH-EAE. CofR No 1689. Later named "Bert Hinkler".
|
| 07APR50 |
Departed
Sydney on its first Qantas service.
|
| 26JUN51 |
Fuselage
painted with white top and red cheatline.
|
| 30JUN51 |
Repaint
completed.
|
| 01SEP51 |
Withdrawn
from service for conversion to L-749A-79 with higher all up weight.
|
| 22OCT51 |
Returned
to service.
|
| 18JUN52 |
Right
hand undercarriage door damaged on retraction at London.
|
| 08MAR54 |
Back up
aircraft for Royal tour (until 27MAR54).
|
| 07AUG54 |
Departed
Sydney on its last Qantas service (to London). Capt R.F. Uren.
|
| 15AUG54 |
Sold to
BOAC. Total Time: 11,718.
|
| 18AUG54 |
Departed
Sydney on delivery to BOAC in London.
|
| 20AUG54 |
Arrived
London on delivery to BOAC.
|
| 23AUG54 |
Cancelled
from the Australian Register.
|
| 10SEP54 |
Re-registered
G-ANTG.
|
| 15OCT54 |
UK CofA
issued.
|
| 22NOV54 |
Entered
service with BOAC as "Bournemouth".
|
| 26NOV54 |
Operated
its first BOAC service to Sydney.
|
| 07OCT58 |
Operated
the last BOAC Constellation passenger flight.
|
| 30NOV58 |
Departed
London on delivery to Pacific Northern Airlines. Later re-registered N1552V
Fleet Number 52V.
|
| 02DEC58 |
Cancelled
from UK Register.
|
| 01JUL67 |
Transferred
to Western Airlines. Fleet Number 52V, later 552.
|
| 26NOV68 |
Operated
last scheduled Constellation passenger flight in North America from Juneau
to Anchorage.
|
| 27NOV68 |
Withdrawn
from service and donated to the City of Kenai, Alaska. Total Time: 40,568
hours.
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Approximately
sometime during 1973 the aircraft was sold to a private individual who intended
to use the aircraft as a restaurant. The aeroplane was towed to a nearby
parking lot but the project was abandoned and the aircraft subsequently
broken up.
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